Sean Bujtas Terrace City Councillor

Council will review and deliberate on the final budget presentation from staff tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. You can watch through the City of Terrace's live stream. You can ask questions through Microsoft Teams (info on participating here: https://terrace.ca/participate).... More information on the budget: https://terrace.ca/budget2021.

Inland Port Public Hearing Tonight (Thursday) at 5 p.m. This public hearing is to hear from the public about amending the Official Community Plan to allow for the construction and operation of a new transload facility on Keith Avenue. Council's role is to listen to people speak about their views on the amendment while keeping an open mind.... To watch the meeting, go to either https://www.terrace.ca/webcasts and https://www.facebook.com/CityofTerrace. To participate in the public hearing, join us through Microsoft Teams (online or by phone). More details at https://www.terrace.ca/participate. Following the public hearing, a special council meeting follows at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 15, when Council will make a decision about whether to approve the OCP changes.

Our regularly scheduled council meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. this (Monday) evening. Some items on the agenda are: Steve Pereira (Northwest Regional Airshow) is reporting that our community will host an airshow this year for the first time in 21 years. COVID-19 pending, we will get to see the Snowbirds and the Royal Canadian Air Force perform.... Jesse Santos and Logan Arruda will be presenting about Aspect Safety. Aspect Safety is funded by the Province and is working to increase workforce readiness by providing fully subsidised certificate training for residents of Terrace. NSD Development Corporation is applying for a temporary use permit at 4800 Keith Avenue. This temporary use would be to store waste container bins, shipping containers, construction materials, and industrial equipment without first establishing a primary use on the land. Council will receive the 2021 Budget Survey Results, hearing input from the community before going forward with the budget process. Terrace Community Forest is requesting $50,000 back from the Community Forest Reserve for their annual community grants.

Thank you to all the health care workers: we are proud and grateful for your tireless efforts working the front lines dealing with this pandemic. Please show your support for these wonderful people by following all of the public health officer’s orders.

Mills Memorial Hospital has received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and held its first vaccination clinics for high risk health care workers and long-term care residents. A number of staff who work in acute care departments caring for COVID-19 patients were immunized on Saturday, as were 20 long-term care residents from Terraceview Lodge.